In this article, I would like to describe how my amateur radio station is set up at home. Compared to other radio amateurs, I only have a very minimalistic setup 😊
Fallstricke beim GMX FreePhone-Tarif
Der kostenlose GMX-FreePhone-Tarif mit 3GB hört sich ja eigentlich gar nicht so schlecht an. Leider scheint GMX das Angebot immer weiter zu verschlechtern. Zuerst wurde die Datenautomatik von Beginn an eingeschaltet und musste manuell deaktiviert werden (sonst wird nach Verbrauch
Finanzielle Bildung
Da ich öfters einmal um Rat gefragt werde, wie man am Besten für das Alter vorsorgen kann, gerade im Hinblick auf immer unsichere gesetzliche Rentenzahlungen, liste ich hier einmal einige Links auf, die ich als Einstieg empfehlen kann und die
Upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 on a non-supported PC
Windows 11 can officially only be installed on computers which meet the Microsoft system requirements. Older PCs often do either not have an officiall supported processor or does not have TPM installed. On these computers the Windows 11 setup program
My first POTA activation
Today I did my first POTA (Parks on the Air) activation. There is a POTA location (DE-0238 Wilhelmsbad State Park) just 4 km away from my home so I gave it a try. The conditions were not so well today,
Live is too short for QRP :-)
1 Year, 10 Watts and an endfed wire … I am surprised what you can do with QRP if the band conditions are going up to the sun spot maximum … It is really fun to work only with 10
Lenovo ThinkPad X1: USB-C ports no longer working
I had the issue that the USB-C ports on my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 all of a sudden did no longer work. I tried everything like removing the latest driver updates, reinstalling all the Lenovo drivers, did a
CQ World Wide DX Contest SSB
Yesterday I took part in one of he biggest radio amateur contests “CQ World Wide DX Contest” which runs for 48h. However I did not take part full time :-). There were some times with high electromagnetic storms so the
Results of the Contests of Last Weekend
I love to participate in radio amateur contests. I never will have a chance to win such a contest, but it is a great chance for a QRP station because there is much activity on the bands and there are
External Microphone for Elecraft KX2
I bought my Elecraft KX2 as a bundle which should have included also an external microphone, the Elecraft MH3. Unfortunately, Elecraft is not able to deliver this microphone for several months now, so I was looking for a replacement. It